A mid-level shortwave trough passed over the region on this day, resulting in scattered thunderstorm development along a surface trough/dryline.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A mid-level shortwave trough passed over the region on this day, resulting in scattered thunderstorm development along a surface trough/dryline.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 11:26 AM MST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
126 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009
.DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS VERY CLOSE TO
WHERE INTIAL DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED YESTERDAY. INSTABILITY IS HIGH
ENOUGH WHERE SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...BUT HAVE
DECIDED NOT TO MENTION BECAUSE THEY WILL LIKELY BE MARGINAL AND
THE GREATER THREAT IS THE FLASH FLOODING CONCERN. SPC HAS
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO OUTLOOKED IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE
WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON...BUT LEFT OUT SEVERE MENTION AS WELL SINCE
AGAIN THE GREATER THREAT WILL BE FLASH FLOODING. WATER VAPOR
SHOWS A PRONOUNCED S/W TROUGH OVER NORTHERN MEXICO MOVING NORTH
WHICH SHOULD INCREASE THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE
OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY. MODELS DISAGREE ON WHERE EXACTLY PRECIP
WILL BE LOCATED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT IT IS A GOOD BET THAT
THE AREAL COVERAGE WILL BE GOOD AND SOAKING RAINS WILL CONTINUE.
THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE FINALLY BUILDS WEST SUNDAY INTO THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD SHUTTING OF THE RAIN AND ALLOWING
TEMPS TO REBOUND INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S. MEX APPEARS TO HAVE A
GOOD HANDLE ON THE EXTENDED PERIOD AND DID NOT STRAY FROM
GUIDANCE.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN SHOWING INCREASING SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO
SATURDAY. FORECAST PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 1.5-2 INCHES ARE
WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND COMBINED WITH SOUTHERLY MID AND UPPER FLOW
FAVORABLE FOR TRAINING CELLS HAVE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND ISSUE
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. THE FLASH FLOOD
THREAT WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY BUT MODELS BEGIN TO
DIVERGE ON WHERE THE RAIN WILL FALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY
WITH THE GFS BEING FURTHER EAST...AND THE ECMWF AND NAM BEING
FURTHER WEST. UNCERTAINTY IN WHERE THE RAIN WILL FALL PROMPTED US
TO END THE WATCH EARLY AND WILL REEVALUATE IN THE UPCOMING SHIFTS
AS TO WHEN AND WHERE...IF AT ALL...THE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE
EXTENDED.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX 70 81 72 87 / 30 30 40 20
CARLSBAD NM 67 87 68 90 / 70 60 50 40
DRYDEN TX 72 90 74 88 / 40 50 60 30
FORT STOCKTON TX 71 88 70 89 / 60 60 60 30
GUADALUPE PASS TX 64 88 63 90 / 60 50 50 40
HOBBS NM 69 86 68 91 / 70 50 60 30
MARFA TX 61 81 61 83 / 80 70 60 50
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 71 85 70 89 / 40 40 50 20
ODESSA TX 72 85 70 89 / 50 40 50 30
WINK TX 73 91 72 94 / 80 60 60 30
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...
EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... BIG BEND AREA...
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...
LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...PECOS...PRESIDIO VALLEY...REEVES
COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54
CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.
&&
67/10HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1250 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-191800- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 1250 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 /1150 AM MDT THU JUN 18 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY FROM THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...SOUTH THROUGH THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND PRESIDIO VALLEY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREATS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FROM THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...SOUTH THROUGH THE BIG BEND REGION. DUE TO COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTENTLY MOVING NORTHWARD OVER THE SAME AREAS... HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A THREAT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A HOBBS...KERMIT...FORT STOCKTON AND BIG BEND REGION WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE HEAVY RAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL... THOUGH MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL OR WINDS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1257 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 TXZ074-080-181830- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- 1257 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS AND NORTH CENTRAL PRESIDIO COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DAVIS AT 1257 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY AND NORTHERN PRESIDIO COUNTY. BOTH OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH ALL OF THESE STORMS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 415 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 TXZ058-067-074-075-182200- WARD-PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 415 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS... NORTHWESTERN PECOS...SOUTHERN REEVES AND WEST CENTRAL WARD COUNTIES. SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS WESTERN PECOS...SOUTHERN REEVES...AND EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM INCREASES...SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS...NORTHWESTERN PECOS...SOUTHERN REEVES AND WEST CENTRAL WARD COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PECOS...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 419 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 TXZ081-182200- BIG BEND AREA- 419 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY. AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF PERSIMMON GAP AT 419 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM INCREASES...SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 155 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A carport and small outbuilding were destroyed by thunderstorm wind gusts.
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